Pseudococcus calceolariae
| Pseudococcus calceolariae | |
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| Pseudococcus calceolariae Illustration by Douglas Williams | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Sternorrhyncha |
| Family: | Pseudococcidae |
| Genus: | Pseudococcus |
| Species: | P. calceolariae
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudococcus calceolariae Maskell (1879)
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Pseudococcus calceolariae[1] is a species of mealybug broadly similar to other species of Pseudococcus.[2]
Description
[edit]The body outline of the female is elongate-oval to oval, and all stages are covered with a rather coarse, powdery, white wax.
Range
[edit]It has been found on every continent except Antarctica.[3]
Hosts
[edit]Pseudococcus calceolariae has been found on as many as 46 families and 89 genera of plants.[3]
- Dactylopius calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); accepted valid name
- Dactylopius similans (Lidgett, 1898); junior synonym
- Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); Fernald 1903b: 98. change of combination
- Pseudococcus similans (Lidgett, 1898); Fernald 1903b: 109. change of combination
- Pseudococcus fragilis (Brainm, 1912); junior synonym.
- Pseudococcus citrophilus (Clausen, 1915); junior synonym.
- Pseudococcus gahani Green 1915a: 179. junior synonym.
- Erium calceolariae (Maskell, 1879); Lindinger 1935a: 122. change of combination
References
[edit]- ^ "Pseudococcus calceolariae (Citrophilus Mealybug)". iNaturalist. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ "Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) | Scale Insects". idtools.org. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
- ^ a b c "Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell, 1879)". scalenet.info. Retrieved September 17, 2024.